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A class period is highly valuable time for scholarly discussion—yet very often it becomes an occasion for the mere transmission of information instead. This often occurs because faculty members feel that such deep discussions are not possible because students do not have the knowledge and…

Why do students fail in their college courses? There are many reasons of course. But given the selective nature of the admissions process at Case Western Reserve University, they should not be failing because they are not prepared academically. The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and…

Educational Services for Students (ESS) and the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will collaborate to deliver a summer University 400C Future Faculty Certificate Program, which is series of six sessions for graduate and professional students envisaging careers as…

Case Western Reserve University is almost one year away from its re-accreditation process, during which courses’ and programs’ elaborated learning outcomes will play a major role. At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education session, director of outcomes assessment Susan…

At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session, Bentley University’s Mark Frydenberg will advise faculty members on how to best use the “flipped classroom” model. The session will be held Thursday, March 6, from noon 1 p.m. in the Herrick Room, located on the…

The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) invites faculty members to nominate fellow faculty members for a 2014-2015 Glennan Fellowship. Glennan Fellows are perceived as role models for new faculty members at Case Western Reserve, and the program is designed to…

When it comes to learning new things, what students learn from their professors in lecture or discussion classes is of immense importance. But it has lasting impact only if students combine their classroom experience with deep reading of the relevant literature, either before or after…

Increasingly, university and professional accreditation bodies are asking universities to provide evidence that students achieve the learning outcomes they are promised. Developing clear, measurable statements about student learning and understanding how courses contribute to program outcomes are…

The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will present this year's Glennan Fellows program on April 18. At this session, the five faculty members selected in 2012 for their promise of exceptional careers balancing scholarship and teaching will describe their award…

On Tuesday, April 9, join the Secular Legal Society for a presentation by Mano Singham on “God, Darwin, and the Constitution: The Essential Tension.” During his talk, Singham will attempt to disentangle the legal, scientific and religious strands of the conflict over the origins of life, which…